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Interview with Vladimir Kramnik

5/8/2014 – You can always count on him to be informative, open, candid, honest. The 38-year-old former World Champion, now a family father with two children, looks at art, beauty, life and chess in this 13-minutes interview, conducted by Brazilian video filmer Clara Cavour in Paris, just after Vladimir Kramnik's return to his family after a month of tournaments. We have a full transcription.

Kramnik: Anand tense, scared of Carlsen

5/13/2013 – That is what former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik thinks, after playing next to Anand at the Alekhine Memorial. BUT: Vishy Anand, who since 2007 has fended off challenges from three different players, can defeat the world's number one if he is in the right frame of mind. "If he manages to hold up to the pressure for six games, then Anand will become a favourite," is Kramnik's opinion.

Alekhine R06: Draws prevail in Saint Petersburg

4/28/2013 – The first round of the Alekhine Memorial in Saint Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg saw solid fortresses, perpetuals and even a miracle escape. Aronian was too trigger happy and his piece sacrifice should have lost him the game, but a wonderful resource found in time trouble allowed him to draw. The rest of the players split the point without too many complications. Full report.

Alekhine R04: Aronian joins the leaders

4/24/2013 – Tears were certainly shed as a couple of games saw very noticeable blunders. First Svidler missed a simple combination against Aronian that gave the Armenian a decisive advantage. Fressinet kept missing wins against Adams, and the Englishman was lucky enough to survive. The rest of the games were solid draws, although Vitiugov had winning chances against Gelfand. Games inside.

Cold-blooded, pragmatic, melancholic even...

4/14/2013 – These were some of the words that Vladimir Kramnik used in a recent interview to describe the victor of this year's Candidates Tournament, Magnus Carlsen. In the latest entry for the Herald Scotland, GM Jonathan Rowson depicts how the young super-star dashes his chess game with realism and sombreness and how it separates him from his predecessors.

Indepth interview with Vladimir Kramnik

4/11/2013 – Immediately after the Candidates tournament in London Russian NTV journalist Marina Makarycheva did an extraordinarily substantial interviews with Vladimir Kramnik: how did the Candidates go, who has the better chances in the 2013 World Championship, and what the future has in store for him. The interview is in Russian, but has been faithfully transcribed by Peter Zhdanov.

Candidates – Vladimir Kramnik (2810 – World #2)

3/14/2013 – He broke onto the world chess scene at the Manila Olympiad 1992, a 16-year-old protégé of Garry Kasparov, whom he defeated in the World Championship match 2000 in London. He was dethroned by Vishy Anand in 2008, where he stated that he was only "loaning the title to Anand". The London Candidates is a first step in retrieving it. Michael von Keitz provides a portrait and full statistics.

WCC R06: Analysis of game six, Vaile in Bonn

10/23/2008 – Did you miss the commentary of game six by IM Malcolm Pein? He was on his way back from Bonn to London and could only send us the notes today. Together with them we bring you a pictorial report of some of the many interesting personalities we keep running into at the World Championship, including a wealthy grandmaster, an actor-singer and a quantum physicist. Enjoy.

Kramnik: 'My task is to play the very best chess'

7/12/2008 – Shortly after his rapid chess match against David Navara in Prague Vladimir Kramnik gave Czech journalist Pavel Motocha an indepth interview on Navara, chess ethics, the world championship title, his upcoming match against Anand and Garry Kasparov's political activities in Russia. An English language translation has appeared on the Kramnik web site. Here are the highlights.

The manager – Carsten Hensel turns 50

6/2/2008 – He looks after the interests of two of the world's top grandmasters: Peter Leko and Vladimir Kramnik. Professionally he studied law and psychology, became involved in sports event management, started to concentrate on chess and then landed where he is today. The rapid chess matches in Miskolc are largely his doing. Today is Carsten's fiftieth birthday. Interview by Diana Mihajlova.

FIDE Ethics Commission rules on Short and Topalov/Danailov

8/31/2007 – After intense deliberation over the complaints brought against Nigel Short, who had criticised top FIDE officers, and Veselin Topalov and Silvio Danailov for accusing Vladimir Kramnik of cheating during the 2006 World Championship, the Ethics Commission has issued severe reprimands against the latter, while Nigel was warned for using the word "dunderhead". Full judgements.

Kramnik to shun FIDE championship

4/29/2005 – Garry Kasparov, who has withdrawn from competitive chess, will not be there. Now Vladimir Kramnik, classical chess world champion has announced that he will not participate in the FIDE world championship planned for September in San Luis, Argentina. But he is willing to proceed with reunification. Press release.
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